Brassica

Contains 4 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Brassica L.
BRASSICACEAE
MUSTARD
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Classification
BRASSICALES
Brassica
Citation
BRASSICA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 666. 1753.
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TYPE: Brassica oleracea Linnaeus Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 2: 192. 1913.
Distribution Map Present

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Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Brassica juncea INDIA MUSTARD; LEAF MUSTARD Not Native UPL (NWPL)
Brassica napus RAPE Not Native
Brassica nigra ABYSSINIAN MUSTARD; BLACK MUSTARD Not Native
Brassica rapa RAPE; TURNIP Not Native UPL (NWPL)
Identification Key
1.  Cauline leaves auriculate or amplexicaul at the base
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1.  Cauline leaves tapered at the base, not auriculate and not amplexicaul
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2.  Biennial to perennial; petals (15)18-25(30) mm; terminal segments of fruits (3)4-11 mm long
B. oleracea
2.  Annual to biennial; petals 6-16 mm; terminal segments of fruits (5)8-22 mm long
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3.  Flowers usually not overtopping buds, rarely at same level, when open; petals pale yellow, 10-16 mm long; terminal segments of fruits (5)9-16 mm long
B. napus
3.  Flowers overtopping or equaling buds when open; petals deep yellow, 6-11(13) mm long; terminal segments of fruits 8-22 mm long
B. rapa
4.  Plant glabrous to glabrate; pedicels elongate, slender; silique terete, loosely ascending, (2)3-6 cm long
B. juncea
4.  Plant hirsute; pedicels short, thick; silique 4-angled, closely appressed to rachis, 1-2.7 cm long
B. nigra
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Brassicaria Brassicaria (Grenier & Godron) Pomel, Mat. Fl. Atl. 15. 1860. BASIONYM: Diplotaxis de Candolle, sect. Brassicaria Grenier & Godron, Fl. France 1: 78. 1847. TYPE: Non designatus.
Brassicastrum Brassicastrum Link, Handbuch 2: 318. 1829. TYPE: Brassicastrum elongatum (Ehrhart) Link (Brassica elongata Ehrhart) = Guenthera Andrzeiowski ex Besser 1822.
Guenthera Guenthera Andrzeiowski ex Besser, Enum. Pl. 83. 1822. TYPE: Guenthera elongata (Ehrhart) Andrzeiowski ex Besser (Brassica elongata Ehrhart)
Melanosinapis Melanosinapis Schimper & Spenner, in Spenner, Fl. Friburg. 3: 944. 1829. TYPE: Melanosinapis communis Schimper & Spenner, nom. illegit. (Sinapis nigra Linnaeus; Melanosinapis nigra (Linnaeus) Calestani)
Mutarda Mutarda Bernhardi, Syst. Verz. 184. 1800. TYPE: Mutarda nigra (Linnaeus) Bernhardi (Sinapis nigra Linnaeus)
Napus Napus Schimper & Spenner, in Spenner, Fl. Friburg. 3: 939. 1829. TYPE: = Brassica Linnaeus 1753, by lectotypification.
Rapa Rapa Miller, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 1754. TYPE: Non designatus.